Demolition Of Historic Building

The old Government build ings in Suva. Fiji, have re cently been pulled down to make way for the new An glican Cathedral of the Diocese of Polynesia. The buildings were originally put up in Levuka, but were re moved to Suva in the ’Bo’s when Suva became the capi tal.

Seen standing in the centre of the picture is the Obelisk erected to commemorate the signing of the Deed of Ces sion in 1874. This, too, was to be demolished and only the tablets bearing the names of those who signed the Deed retained. Local citizens, how ever, are asking that the Obelisk be spared and re erected somewhere else in the town. —Photo by Stinson Studios, Suva.